lost my battlefield 2 disc/manual

You - whoever you are, reading this - did I let you borrow my Battlefield 2 disc, and manual? I can't find them anywhere! I neeeed them to install BF2 onto my fresh install of Windows...and I'm bummed. Somewhere in the dim recesses of my memory is an image of me lending someone my BF2 CD and manual - did I loan it to you?

Deacon Light Display in Livermore

This guy in Livermore sets his house up every year with a huge light display. We were just there with the Tiptons, here's a pic from it. Also, the guy's name is Deacon, which makes him extra awesome.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all. I hope you have a great day and are able to remember what Christmas is all about. Not presents, though they are pretty sweet, but rather Christmas is about the fact that God loves you, and that He is willing to give everything for you.

stalin's half-monkey super soldiers

Apparently Stalin was looking into the possibility of genetically engineered ape-man soldiers during WW2. Cool.

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a's acquire milton bradley

Well, at least this should be interesting. I hope he keeps his temper under control...but if he ever blows up, I hope I'm at the game to see it.

In other news, Ricardo Rincon is no longer an A. Huzzah.

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i am awesome

This proves how awesome I am.

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finals today

I have finals today. I'm about to leave to drive up to Mill Valley to take them. It's the end of my first semester at seminary and I've gotta say I liked it. Made for a much busier me, but I'm learning some good stuff and I think it's going to benefit me down the road. For now, though, I have to go and take some tests that I'm not sure I'm ready for. Y'all have a great day now.

Snowy Park

Snowy Park
Originally uploaded by actionjax.

This is a picture from my trip to Chicago. Visit my flickr site to see some more. There are some pretty good ones there, if I do say so myself.

the secret to a comfortable bed

If you're stuck in a rut with your bed - if you think it's not that comfortable, or boring, or time for a change...think again! All that is necessary to make your bed feel like a collection of soft fluffy clouds from which you never want to leave is to stay up until past 4 in the morning! At that point your bed will feel like the most wonderful thing ever and you'll save a lot of money.

As long as God is God, I am His

This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that tis waves roar - the LORD Almighty is his name: "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight," declares the LORD, "will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me." This is what the LORD says: "Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done." declares the LORD. - Jeremiah 31:35-37 (NIV)

God is in control of everything. He is mighty and powerful beyond my wildest imagination. Because of Him the sun rises, the stars shine, and the world turns. God declares that as long as He is God, His people will be His people. God says that He'll always be with Israel's descendants (me, those who follow Christ) and will not reject them, regardless of what they've done.

Often when I mess up and sin, I feel that I have failed God in a huge way. I feel that He surely can't have a use for me, that finally He is done, this was the last straw. But I will strive to turn to God instead of away from Him when I sin. I must come back to His words - to a God that keeps the universe running, I am valuable and he will not turn from me. Turning away from God after we mess up is not the answer - it is when we turn to God in the midst of having nothing to offer that we can more clearly understand the depth of His love and commitment to us.

xbox 360 ad

This is an ad for the Xbox 360 that apparently never ended up being aired. I find it quite amusing, and hope you will too.

I'm leaving for Chicago tomorrow morning (or rather, today morning) and am really looking forward to the trip. It's supposed to be really cold there. Last time I was in Chicago it was March of this year, and it was (not exaggerating) like 6 degrees outside. It's supposed to be 20's-30's this time, so I suppose that's an improvement. Either way, beef sandwiches and panzarottis will be enjoyed by me.

the end of thanksgiving

Last Wednesday we headed out to Las Vegas to visit my Mom and have Thanksgiving there. It was a good time, I ended up winning $140 at the craps tables, and Janelle won $65. When it comes to potentially blowing and wasting your money, you can't have much more fun than playing craps. I will never understand the appeal of slot machines.

All told on the trip I drove over 1200 miles. That's a lot of driving. I hope we can find some affordable plane tickets next year or something.

This Wednesday morning Janelle and I are flying out to Chicago and we'll be there till Monday. After this, my traveling for the holiday season should be over. I feel like it's been (and will be) forever since I've been neck-deep in the youth group. I'm excited to come back at it with renewed energy when I get back from Chi-town with a belly full of Italian Beef sengwiches. Ahh yeeah.

one more to go

One paper left - and it's outlined already. I'm feelin' good, I should be able to enjoy the trip we're taking to Vegas this week and not have this schoolwork hanging over my head. And I should be able to delve back into other important things since this week of projects is just about over. Tomorrow I don't have to drive up to Mill Valley so I can type out the final essay. Schweet.

Also, look at how cute my nephew is.

bush as a liar

There has been a lot of talk lately, and Bush has been firing back and forth with critics, about his being a liar. People love to call G-Dubb a liar and say he tricked everyone into fighting this war in Iraq. This is amazing to me.

A few years ago everybody agreed that Saddam had WMD's in the political and the intelligence communities. Everybody, Democrat and Republican, back to Bill Clinton, acknowledged Saddam as a threat at believed he had WMDs. So now that we've invaded and no WMD caches have been found, Bush is branded a liar and a cheat. If Bush is a liar, then the Democrats chastising him and whoever else is condemning him now but previously agreed is a liar. They were all saying the same thing a few years ago.

Unfortunately I believe Bush is so unpopular that this re-writing of history will not be turned around. Too many people are convinced he's a liar and will never see past their ideological hatred of him to the truth. But they will continue to rage against the machine in their blogs and on their radio shows and in their chats with other friends. And probably in the voting booth. The sad truth is, it doesn't matter if something is real or not - if people believe it to be real it is very real in its consequences. So Bush will pay the price for the mistake everybody made, and all the while people will be chanting "Death to Bush-Hitler" while they buy into more groupthink. Never before have I seen the whole "if you say something enough you start to believe it's true" work so completely.